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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is in bed with Amanda when Marx returns home?
(a) Father Gustadt.
(b) The Cowboy.
(c) John Paul.
(d) Plucky.
2. What are Amanda's wishes for the Corpse?
(a) She wants to give Him back to the Vatican.
(b) She wants to take Him public.
(c) She wants to give Him a proper burial.
(d) She wants to blackmail the higher powers with the Corpse.
3. After detailing Plucky's escape from the Vatican, whom does Marx address for posterity?
(a) Baby Thor.
(b) Amanda.
(c) The Cowboy.
(d) John Paul.
4. Despite her open marriage with John Paul, why does Amanda refuse to have sex with Marx?
(a) She is not attracted to him.
(b) She does not want Baby Thor to become confused.
(c) She is afraid he will get her pregnant.
(d) Marx is too possessive for that sort of relationship.
5. How did the narrator and Amanda liberate the fleas?
(a) The fleas were mailed.
(b) The fleas were placed on the invisible dog.
(c) The fleas were released from the window.
(d) The fleas crept out onto a tree branch.
6. Why do the Zillers, Marx, and Plucky find the Second Coming problematic?
(a) They are in charge of revealing the Lord to the world.
(b) No one will believe them.
(c) Jesus Christ never ascended to Heaven.
(d) Jesus would never have wanted the Second Coming to be marked with violence and fear.
7. When Marx is introduced to the letters of Plucky, how long has Plucky Purcell been in the monastery?
(a) Three months.
(b) Five months.
(c) One year.
(d) Two weeks.
8. What does Plucky note about the vaults under the Vatican?
(a) They are worth enough to end world hunger.
(b) They are guarded around the clock.
(c) They are full of stolen treasures.
(d) Several remain sealed.
9. For what reasons does Marx persuade Plucky that revealing the Corpse to the world would be a bad idea?
(a) No one would believe them.
(b) Jesus would not have wanted to be used in this manner.
(c) The revelation could destroy people's lives.
(d) They would be murdered before they could reveal the Corpse.
10. Who does Marx suggest to the reader that should be a replacement for Jesus Christ?
(a) John Paul.
(b) Plucky Purcell.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Their own self-worth and beliefs.
11. When Tarzan compares Jesus to Pan, what does he claim the two divine beings had in common?
(a) Love of wine.
(b) Love for others.
(c) Music.
(d) Spirituality.
12. Given the existence of the Society of the Felicitate, what does Plucky point out as being a probable solution from the Vatican?
(a) The Vatican may work with them to present Christianity with a clean slate.
(b) The Vatican will be at the mercy of Father Gustadt.
(c) The Vatican could kill them in order to keep the Corpse a secret.
(d) The Society of the Felicitate is the true power behind the church.
13. What does Amanda purchase from the Cowboy after Marx's employment?
(a) An invisible dog.
(b) A rooster.
(c) The world's largest hat.
(d) A nearly-extinct butterfly.
14. Who rescues Marx from his suicide attempt?
(a) Amanda.
(b) The Cowboy.
(c) John Paul.
(d) Plucky Purcell.
15. According to Nearly Normal Jimmy's trance message to Amanda at the end of the book, what movie will set Tibet on the correct spiritual path again?
(a) Yellow Submarine.
(b) Hair.
(c) Casablanca.
(d) Billy Jack.
Short Answer Questions
1. Around summertime of Marx's employment, what subject does he frequently discuss with John Paul?
2. Upon what subject does Marx regularly lectures guests at the zoo?
3. Who restores Plucky's faith in Catholicism?
4. What movie does Nearly Normal Jimmy carry with him on his journey to his next destination from the Peace Corp?
5. Why does Amanda believe that Marx joined their zoo?
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